1. Volcanoes!

2. Black Peak
• Location: Alaska Peninsula
• Hight: 3,386 feet
• Extinct
• Last eruption: unknown
• Major features: There is a caldera at the
eastern edge, this caldera contains two small
lakes.
• Type: stratovolcano

4. Carlisle
• Location: Aleutians
• Hight: 5,315 feet
• Dormant
• Last eruption: November 16, 1987
• Major features: This volcano has yet to be
studied for major features.
• Type: stratovolcano

7. Douglas
• Location: Alaska Peninsula
• Hight: 7,021 feet
• Active
• Last eruption: Never
• Major features: The summit has a crater with a
small lake. Douglas has an active fumarole on
the north side of the crater.
• Type: stratovolcano

9. Gilbert
• Location: Aleutians
• Hight: 2,684 feet
• Extinct
• Last eruption: Non eruptive activity on April
18, 1947
• Major features: The northern flank is steep
and is heavily eroded.
• Type: possibly a stratovolcano

11. Wrangell
• Location: Wrangell Volcanic Field
• Hight: 14,163 feet
• Dormant
• Last eruption: March 26, 1930
• Major features: There is a caldera at the
summit.
• Type: shield volcano

15. Glossary
• Vent: An opening in the earths surface
through which magma erupts or volcanic
gases are emitted.
• Crater: A steep-sided, usually circular
depression formed by either explosion or
collapse at a volcanic vent.
• Fumarole: A small volcanic vent from which
gases and vapors are emitted.

16. Glossary
• Stratovolcano: A steep-sided volcano, usually
conical in shape, built of lava flows and
fragmental deposits from explosive eruptions.
• Shield Volcano: A gently sloping volcano in
the shape of a flattened dome and built
almost exclusively of lava flows.
• Caldera: A large crater formed by collapse or
subsidence of the ground surface following a
great eruption.

17. Glossary
• Dormant: A volcano that hasn't erupted for a
long time, but can still erupt.
• Active: A volcano that has either erupted
recently or is about to.
• Extinct: A volcano that hasn't erupted in a
really long time and will not erupt again.